Test Specimen

How To Qualify Groove Butt Weld

Procedure?
4) Prepare A Test Coupon As Per WPS

- Coupon Size: Pair of 300 mm X 150 mm Plates Or Pipes 150

mm long as Specified in WPS
- All Other Details as per Written WPS
- Complete the Welding by Reasonably Skilled Welder
- All Welding Variables Shall be Used Within the Limit Specified
in WPS.
- All Variables Actually Used Shall be Documented as Annexure
to PQR ( Procedure Qualification Record)
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5) NDT Of Weld Coupon – Optional

- X-Ray / Radiograph the Weld Joint ( Not a Code Requirement)

- Mark Transverse Tensile & Guided Bends As Per QW463
- Eliminate Defective Weld Portion If Any, While Marking the
Test Specimens
- Preserve RT Report & X-Ray Film as Annexure to PQR
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6) Mechanical Tests – QW 451, Groove Weld.
• Up to 19 mm Thickness
- Transverse Tensile :– 2No
- Root Bend :- 2No
- Face Bend :- 2No
• Over 19 mm Thickness
- Transverse Tensile :- 2No
- Side Bend :- 4No
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Location of Test Specimens From Test coupon – QW 463.1
Plates Less Than 19 mm

Discard Balance Plate Discard

Root Bend 2No *

*
Face Bend 2No *
*

Reduced Section Tensile 2No *

*
<19 mm
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Location of Test Specimens From Test coupon –
QW 463.1Plates More Than 19 mm

Discard Balance Plate Discard

*
Side Bend 4No
* **

Reduced Section Tensile 2No *

*
>19 mm
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Location of Test Specimens From Test coupon QW 463.1
Pipe
@ = Reduced section £ = Bends - Root & Face or Side
Tensile 2No
@

Root Bend £ £ Face Bend

45˚- 60˚ 45˚ -

60˚
Horizontal Plane
Pipe is welded in
Horizontal fixed position

£ £
Face Bend Root Bend
@

When Pipe Thickness is 19 mm or more, In place of Root & Face,

4 Side Bends shall be Taken
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Typical “Reduced Section” Tensile Specimen
From Plates QW 462.1

M/c ed
Weld minimum
Width

19 mm

6 mm
25 mm Original
M/c ed from all 4 R Thickness
sides
How To Qualify Groove Butt
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Typical “Reduced Section” Tensile Specimen
From Pipe QW 462.1

M/c ed
Weld minimum
Width

19 mm

6 mm
25 mm
R Original
M/c ed from all 4 Thickness
sides
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7)Acceptance Criteria for Test Results.
• Tensile Strength (QW -422)
- Minimum Tensile Strength of Material Used

• Bend Test (QW 163)

- Opening Not More Than 3 mm in Any Direction on

Convex Surface Within the Weld & HAZ